BOSTON -- Waters® Corporation (NYSE: WAT) today launched the NuGenesis Lab Management System (www.waters.com/nugenesis), a unique and powerful alternative to a traditional Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) with advances that enable deeper insight into scientific challenges, accelerated decision-making, better business results, and compliance with government regulations. The NuGenesis Lab Management System offers high impact functionality [...]

MENLO PARK, Calif.-- Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc., (Nasdaq:PACB) and HistoGenetics, a global leader in Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) sequence-based typing (SBT), announced today that HistoGenetics has selected the PacBio DNA Sequencing platform for its unique ability to sequence full-length HLA genes and to provide fully phased HLA alleles. HistoGenetics has purchased two PacBio RS [...]

Auckland, New Zealand -- Biomatters is the first New Zealand company to join over 170 organizations forming the Global Alliance for Genomics and Health to progress the use of sequencing data in genomic medicine and applications to human health. Biomatters will be working alongside healthcare providers, research funders and research institutions to ensure clinical data [...]

CAMBRIDGE, UK – Optibrium™, a developer of software for drug discovery, today announced the appointment of Dr Peter Hunt as Director of Computational Chemistry, as part of further growth across all areas of its business. This success is built on a growing, global customer base for Optibrium’s flagship product StarDrop™ within the pharmaceutical industry and [...]

SAN DIEGO -- Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) today announced the launch of VeriSeqTM PGS, a next-generation sequencing (NGS) solution developed for preimplantation genetic screening (PGS) of embryos using Illumina’s NextSeqTM 500 and MiSeq® sequencing systems. The offering brings together the industry-leading Illumina 24sure array-based platform for PGS with Illumina’s next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology to offer laboratories [...]

Victoria, B.C. — GenoLogics Life Sciences Software, a leading provider of laboratory information management systems (LIMS) specifically designed for omics labs, announced today that the 3.0 release of Clarity LIMS further supports the growing needs of genomics labs working in clinical environments, including those that are HIPAA-covered entities. This version includes cloud-based features that ensure [...]

Dutch Software Company GENALICE today announced at the 14th Bio-IT World Conference & Expo that it has started discussions with Intel® about a product development as well as a product delivery partnership. On 12/12 last year, GENALICE launched its groundbreaking DNA processing software; GENALICE MAP. On a simple dual Intel® Xeon® E5 server the company [...]

Cambridge, UK -- Analytik, leading suppliers of innovative analytical instrumentation, are pleased to announce the availability of the TerraSpec Halo mineral identifier from PANalytical Boulder (formerly ASD Inc). Analytik has announced the UK and Ireland release of the TerraSpec Halo, a lightweight, portable, full range near-infrared spectrometer designed to revolutionise the mineral exploration process. With [...]

Beijing, China - Global alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group (NASDAQ: CG) today announced that its RMB-denominated investment fund Carlyle Beijing Partners Fund, L.P. has agreed to acquire a 30% stake in Haier Bio-Medical and Laboratory Co., Ltd. (HBML) for RMB405 million (approximately $65 million). The RMB fund will have two board seats. The RMB [...]

Toronto, Ontario – Betatek Inc. Canada’s premier supplier of laboratory equipment to the pharmaceutical, research, university, clinical and research sectors is pleased to announce a representation agreement with ProSys Containment & Sampling Technology. of Cork, Ireland. ProSys Containment & Sampling Techology specializes in the design and manufacture of sampling and containment equipment to meet the [...]